String Functions [XPath]
String functions are used to evaluate, format, and manipulate string arguments, or to convert an object to a string.
| Returns the concatenation of the arguments. | |
| Returns true if the first argument string contains the second argument string; otherwise returns false. | |
| Returns the argument string with the white space stripped. | |
| Returns true if the first argument string starts with the second argument string; otherwise returns false. | |
| Converts an object to a string. | |
| Returns the number of characters in the string. | |
| Returns the substring of the first argument starting at the position specified in the second argument and the length specified in the third argument. | |
| Returns the substring of the first argument string that follows the first occurrence of the second argument string in the first argument string. | |
| Returns the substring of the first argument string that precedes the first occurrence of the second argument string in the first argument string. | |
| Returns the first argument string with occurrences of characters in the second argument string replaced by the character at the corresponding position in the third argument string. |